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Delegation Urges New Jersey Senators:
Co-Sponsor the Feingold Resolution
Photo by Molly Crossin
A delegation of civic and student leaders from Maplewood and South Orange NJ, presented a letter on Oct. 27, 2005, to representatives of New Jersey Senators Jon Corzine and Frank Lautenberg, urging them to co-sponsor the Feingold Resolution, which calls on the President to declare an exit strategy from Iraq.
The delegation, pictured above, (l-r) included Seton Hall University Student Government Association Treasurer Santino Certo, President Sheena Collum and Assistant Treasurer Matthew Rivers; Columbia High School Student Council President Daniel Symonds; South Mountain Peace Action chair Paul Surovell; Maplewood Township Committee member Kathy Leventhal; South Orange Trustee Terriann Moore-Abrams and Maplewood Township Committee member David Huemer. Receiving the letter were Lisa Plevin, NJ deputy director for Senator Corzine and Mada Liebman, senior advisor to Senator Lautenberg. The delegation members and letter signatories were acting as private citizens and not in their official capacities.
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Daniel Ellsberg speaks at NJPA Luncheon in Maplewood
photo by Molly Crossin
Daniel Ellsberg addressed more than 400 people in Columbia High School's lunchroom in Maplewood, NJ, at New Jersey Peace Action's annual soup luncheon, in 11-12-05.
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Letter to NJ Senators from Maplewood, S Orange
A public letter to New Jersey Senators Jon Corzine and Frank Lautenberg, urging them to co-sponsor the Feingold Resolution, has been signed by all 5 members of the Maplewood Township
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November 7, 2005:
Israelis & Palestinians for Peace: The Next Steps
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Israelis & Palestinians for Peace: The Next Steps"
Vigil in Maplecrest Park for 2,000 Soldiers Killed in Iraq
On October 26, 2005, South Mountain Peace Action hosted a vigil in Maplecrest Park to honor and reflect on the 2,000 American soldiers killed in Iraq. The vigil was called by MoveOn and the American Friends Service Committee.
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